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Reading Literacy Study 1991

The aim of the Reading Literacy Study (RLS91) were to produce valid international tests and questionnaires that could be used to investigate reading literacy and its correlates across countries.

Study background and aims

Beside the overall aim to produce valid international tests and questionnaires that could be used to investigate reading literacyto describe the achievement levels in reading literacy in participating educational systems, the purposes was to describe the voluntary reading activities of nine- and 14-year-olds - to identify differences in policies and instructional practices in reading and their relation to students’ achievement and voluntary reading - to provide national baseline data for monitoring literacy levels over time. The data were collected in 1990–1991.

Target Population

Two populations were included in the study: nine-year-old students and 14-year-old students.

Participating Educational Systems

Belgium (French), Botswana, Canada (British Columbia), Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany (FRG), Germany (GDR), Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.
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DATA - Population

BELGIUM (FRENCH)

BOTSWANA

RLS91_BW_School_Student_sav.zip - PopB

CANADA (BRITISH COLOMBIA)

CYPRUS

DENMARK

FINLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY (FRG) (GDR)

GREECE

HONG KONG

HUNGARY

ICELAND

INDONESIA

RLS91_ID_School_Student_sav.zip - PopA

IRELAND

ITALY

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND

NIGERIA

RLS91_NG_Student_sav.zip - PopB

NORWAY

PHILIPPINES

RLS91_PH_School_Student_sav.zip - PopB

PORTUGAL

SINGAPORE

SLOVENIA

SPAIN

RLS91_ES_School_Student_sav.zip - PopA
RLS91_ES_School_Student_sav.zip - PopB

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

THAILAND

RLS91_TH_School_Student_sav.zip - PopB

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

UNITED STATES

VENEZUELA

ZIMBABWE

RLS91_ZW_School_Student_sav.zip - PopB

Swedish extensions

As in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study in 2001, the Swedish executive board decided to supplement the international study schedule. Several items from former studies (as from the Reading Comprehension Study in 1970) were added as separate booklets. Here you find the resulting datasets from 1991.

Swedish Extension - Reading Literacy Study 1991